Shakespeare Festival
May 18, 2006
 Thanks to a generous grant from the Perloff Foundation, the freshmen Shakespeare Festival returned again to Maranacook! It began with an assembly in the gym, including a welcome from Queen Elizabeth and William Shakespeare, a performance by visiting actor/teacher Ted Tibbetts and his Shakespeare Club, and music, monologues, and skits performed by older MCS students.
The assembly was followed by a parade through the middle school. After a snack break, the Media Center hosted performances of cuttings from Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, art/theater workshops took place around the school, and Food Services Director Jeff Bridges whipped up an Elizabethan lunch. Workshops were followed by fun and games in the PAC (class competitions in juggling, hackey sack, lobster toss, potato toss, trivia game, jeopardy).
SPECIAL GUESTS
Queen Elizabeth - Principal Lori Putnam
William Shakespeare - Tom Frey
Visiting Emissary - Supt. Rich Abramson
Artists in Residence - Herb Aldrich, Jeremy Smith
Visiting Actors - Dennis Price; Ted Tibbetts/Shakespeare Club
Researcher - Ashley Pullen, VISTA volunteer
Photographer - Sue Brennan
Videographer - Susan Trott
Chef - Jeff Bridges
Judges - KJ Axell, Carrie Emmerson, Tom Frey, Shane Gower, Ken Martin,
Cheryl Marvinney, Cherri Nelson, Anne Sinclair, Susan Trott
Parent Helpers - Debbie Poulin, April Fenton-Hulett
AWARDS
Most Promising Actor - Michael LaChance, Sam Pelletier
Most Promising Actress - Kelsey Stinneford, Brittany Trask
Actor Most Suited to the Role - Warren Barter, Alex Harrington
Actress Most Suited to the Role - Jillian Blouin, Megan Moulton
Actor with the Most Energy - Jimmy Christianson, Chris McCormick
Actress with the Most Energy - Jennifer Cayting, Morgan Wick
Best Action Sequences - Michael LaChance, Sam Pelletier, Nolan Poulin, Sam Whittemore
Best Delivery (Actor) - Jake Fenton-Hulett, Pat Norwood
Best Delivery (Actress) - Kim Gay, Katie McConnell
Best Death Scene Actor - Nolan Poulin, Sam Whittemore
Best Death Scene Actress - Caitlin Stratton
Best Effort (Actors) - Michael Allen, PJ Johnson, Matt Rodriguez
Best Effort (Actresses) - Victoria Bayrasy, Tara Beane, Emily Cox
Best Narrators - Shawna Gorman, Taylor Schwartz
APPRECIATION
A special thank you to our sponsors, the Perloff Foundation, for a grant making the Shakespeare Festival bigger and better!
Many thanks to those who generously contributed their time, facilities, materials, and enthusiasm:
Theater at Monmouth (costumes), Media Center staff, Maine Support Network & Kathryn Markovchick, Mary Swartz, MCHS maintenance staff, MCHS phys ed teachers, MCHS cafeteria staff, Teachers of the Class of 2009, and Mary Callan, Principal MMS
Last but not least, we thank the Class of 2009 for your help and hard work. Your teachers appreciate all you have done to make out Shakespeare Festival a success!
This page was last updated on 5/24/2006
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